Released on August 26, 2022
One hundred-two years ago today, (white) women were finally granted the Constitutional right to vote. We now honor this as Women’s Equality Day to commemorate a milestone that catalyzed decades of progress for women. However, it’s disingenuous to celebrate this momentous occasion as equality becomes increasingly more elusive for women as those in power continue Read more …
Released on August 24, 2022
Once again, a federal judge in Texas ruled to put women’s lives at risk when U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix struck down the Biden Administration’s new guidance requiring hospitals to provide life-saving and essential care. Women may now be denied simple, life-saving procedures for conditions like severe hemorrhaging or dangerous hypertension. Women will be Read more …
Released on August 18, 2022
The NFL’s decision to up Deshaun Watson’s fine and suspension from six games to 11, with a $5 million fine and a mandatory behavioral evaluation and treatment program is nowhere near enough. That $5 million represents 2.1739% of Watson’s new $230 million contract with the Cleveland Browns, which was negotiated after more than two dozen Read more …
Released on August 16, 2022
President Biden made history today by signing the Inflation Reduction Act, which invests $750 million in fighting climate change, bringing down drug prices, and extending subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. This is progress by any measure—but it could have been so much more. The bill President Biden signed does not include Read more …
Released on August 5, 2022
Breonna Taylor should be alive today. Almost two years after her murder, the four officers responsible for her death finally received federal charges, which include lying to obtain the warrant that was used to search her home, the use of excessive force, and staging a coverup. While there is no action that can right this Read more …